Tire protector



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TIRE PROTECTOR.

. APPLICATION FILED APR. 25. |922.

Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

v @if n ATTORNEY Patented sept. 12, leza UNITED ST.

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inane HENRY J. Gorras, or JAMAICA, NEW Yoan.

TIRE PROTECTOR.

Application filed April 26, 1922.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. CoHns, a resident of Jamaica, Queens County, State of New York, and a citizen of the United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire lProtectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in protecting devices for tires or tubes. My improved tire protector can be built into the Wall of a tire casing or made in the form of an inner liner which can be located between the inner surface of the wall of a tire casing and a tube. One of the objects of my invention is to rovide a flexible `or pliable punctureeprooiP protector employing hard plates, such as fibre or metal plates. .The protector is made up of a series of superimposed lay-A ers of fabric carrying alternately disposed plates which are maintained out ofA contact to avoid heating by friction. My improved protector is constructed to permit a high degree of flexibility, so as not to impair the yieldability ofa pneumatic tire in connection with which my improved protector is used, as the plates which form part of the protector are separated circumferentially of the tire, sufficiently to prevent any contact between the plates, should the tire become deflated partly or even during rotation of the tire when fully inflated, at which time the tire will slightly flatten at the point of contact of the tire and ground or when the tire strikes an obstruction.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novel features of which I will point out in the lappended claim, reference being had to the accompanying draw; ing, wherein Fig. 1 illustrates an edge view of the first lamination of my improved protector;

Fig. 2 illustrates a sectional view of the first and second laminations assembled;

Fig. 3 illustrates a sectional view of the first, second and third laminations, or complete protector, assembled;

Fig. t is a fragmentary sectional View, en-

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larged, of my improved protector, ,the section being taken on a line 4f-4 in Fig. 5;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan view of the protector; v

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a form o'fplate which I may use;

Fig. Z is asectional view illustrating my improved protector built into a tire casing; and

o permit flexibility to `a high degree Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view illustrating a artly deflated' tire.

without generating heat, Iv provide a plurality of plates 9 made of any suitable puncture-proof material, such as fibre or metal,- of any kind. The plates will be preferably shaped as indicated 'in Fig. 6, and will carry y a teat or projection 10a which can vbe used as, a rivet. The plates `9 are riveted to a layer of fabric 10, as indicated in Fig.,y 1', and Y l spaced one from the other,l each space 1l being approximately equalv to the length of the plates 9'.' After forming the lamination A, I secure to the same a layer 12 of fabric, as indicated in Fig. 2. The layerA 12 will be vulcanized to layer 10V and to plates 9. To

apply layer 12 `to layer 10 and rplates 9, I employfnieans in the form of a mangle to press layer 12 into spaces 11. The .third or v parts of the protector will be vulcanized together, heat will not be generated by rubbing parts. The plates 9 and ltfwill'be vsufficiently y separated to prevent "rigidity, and in spite of the fact that the protector is made up largely of rigid plates, the protector possesses flexibility to a high degree owing to the disposition of the plates relatively to each other. During' the actionvof rotation, the plates will not spread enough a second layer of fabric applied to the Erst layer and over Said plates, said Second lli-yer being forced liito the spaces bet-Ween the plates on tlie first layer zuid vulcanized thereto, a. tliird layer oi 'fabi-ie vulcanized to the second layer, said third layer being forced iiito the 'forced in'portioiis of the seeoiid layer, and plates located in the forced in portion 01" the third layer.

HENRY J. Comte. 

